McDonald’s (MCD:NYS) and Public Storage (PSA:NYS) Downgraded

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Downgraded Stocks on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX

Today we are looking at companies whose share price has been downgraded by at least one analyst in the last few days.

Why Do Companies Get Downgraded?

Companies can get downgraded for a number of reasons but primarily due to reduced future earnings potential due to loss of contracts, faultering product lines, increasing costs relative to revenue or financial risk.

In the list below you can see the number of analysts we have in the StockCalc database along with the number of buy-hold-sell on the company.

Today’s Data on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX

Below we have today’s data for companies listed on all of the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange, and TSX Venture Exchange.

New York Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MCD McDonald’s Corp 2 1 7 0 0 0 3.5000 3.7000 Hold
PSA Public Storage 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.6000 Hold
MCK McKesson Corp 1 1 4 0 0 0 3.5000 3.8333 Hold
CNP CenterPoint Energy Inc 2 0 3 1 0 0 3.5000 3.6667 Hold
ADNT Adient PLC 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.6000 Outperform
SC Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.6667 Hold
DPM DCP Midstream Partners LP 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 4.0000 Hold
CLW Clearwater Paper Corp 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.0000 4.0000 Hold
FC Franklin Covey Co 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 5.0000 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MERC.U Mercer International Inc 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 4.3333 Outperform
ADN Acadian Timber Corp 1 1 2 0 1 0 3.2000 3.4000 Hold
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
GRFS Grifols SA 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 4.0000 Hold
ARCC Ares Capital Corp 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 5.0000 Outperform
WEN The Wendy’s Co 2 0 4 0 1 0 3.2857 3.5714 Hold
BANR Banner Corp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 5.0000 Outperform
GPRO GoPro Inc 0 0 2 0 1 0 2.3333 3.0000 Underperform
MNTA Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc 1 0 2 0 2 0 2.6000 3.0000 Hold
HAFC Hanmi Financial Corp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 5.0000 Outperform
CYNO Cynosure Inc 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.0000 5.0000 Hold
MERC Mercer International Inc 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 4.3333 Outperform
NDLS Noodles & Co 0 0 2 0 1 0 2.3333 3.0000 Underperform

Let’s look at a few companies…

Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.

MCD:NYS McDonald’s

http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com
McDonald’s has 420000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
McDonald’s Corp franchises and operates McDonald’s restaurants in the food service industry. The Company’s segments include US, International Lead Markets, High Growth Markets, and Foundational Markets & Corporate.

PSA:NYS Public Storage

http://www.publicstorage.com
Public Storage has 5300 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Public Storage is engaged in the acquisition, development, ownership and operation of self-storage facilities which offers storage spaces for lease, generally on a month-to-month basis, for personal and business use.

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